Washing off the ink — Amulet Atlas The charm written and then destroyed on purpose, so that a person can take it. Words are written inside a bowl, water is poured in, the writing comes off into the water, and the water is drunk. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/practice/washing-off-ink/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 36K
The drawn signs — Amulet Atlas Twenty-six line drawings, one per sign in this atlas: an eye, a hand, an open palm, a horn, a knot, a serpent, a scarab, a fish, a tooth and claw, a crescent, a cross, a coin with a square hole, a mirror, a red thread… nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/art/the-drawn-signs/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 30K
Yantra plate — Amulet Atlas A geometric diagram, drawn on paper, painted, or engraved into a sheet of metal, and usually smaller and less coloured than a mandala. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/yantra-plate/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 37K
Sewing in — Amulet Atlas Putting the charm inside the cloth rather than on a cord. A pouch is stitched shut over what it holds; coins and hair are sewn into a belt; a charm is quilted into a bedcover; a shirt is itself the charm, worn under… nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/practice/sewing-in/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 38K
Ongon — Amulet Atlas Two things under one word. An ongon is a spirit in the shamanic belief of Mongolia — after death, shamans become shamanic souls, ongod — and it is also the made object that stands for that spirit in the physical world… nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/ongon/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 35K
Khan el-Khalili — Amulet Atlas Cairo's bazaar quarter, in the medieval city between al-Muizz Street, al-Muski Street and the mosque and shrine of al-Hussein. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/place/khan-el-khalili/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 45K
Ethiopian scroll craft — Amulet Atlas The making of painted parchment scrolls by dabtaras — unordained clerics of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church — for named people, cut to their height, written in Ge'ez, and read aloud to them by someone who can read it. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/tradition/ethiopian-scroll-craft/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 36K
taweez — Amulet Atlas The word across the Muslim world for a worn written charm and, by extension, for the object it is folded into: a pendant, letters carved on metal, a framed prayer. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/word/taweez-word/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 30K
Thamel — Amulet Atlas A commercial neighbourhood of narrow alleys in Kathmandu, about 1.4 kilometres north of Durbar Square. Shops run wall to wall: trekking gear, handicrafts, woollens, music, groceries, guest houses. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/place/kathmandu-thamel/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 44K
Gorgoneion — Amulet Atlas A face, not a body: wild eyes, tusks, tongue out, snakes for hair. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/gorgoneion/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 35K
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